Chinese food exporters are being trained to understand approved
pesticide residue limits in relation to their exports to Japan.
The training is aimed at improving management over the quality
of food and agricultural products and promoting China's
agricultural product exports, said an official with the Ministry of Commerce.
The training was conducted in Nanjing,
Jiangsu Province, on March 16.
During the two-day training session, which was jointly sponsored
by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, trainees were given
an introduction to Japanese requirements relating to residual
pesticide levels.
Seven similar training courses have also been established in
Beijing and
Shandong municipalities, and
Fujian and
Zhejiang,
Liaoning,
Anhui and
Hubei provinces. More than 3,000 people from 1,600 enterprises
have attended the sessions.
The training class aims to cover 2,000 export-oriented firms in
China, which will account for one-third of the number of Chinese
enterprises that have been approved as exporters of agricultural
products to Japan.
China mainly exports agricultural products to Japan, the EU and
the US, the country's three largest trading partners, accounting
for 52 percent of China's total export volume.
Last year, China exported US$7.93 billion worth of agricultural
products to Japan, accounting for 29 percent of the country's total
exports.
According to the Ministry of Commerce, exports to Japan are made
by more than 6,200 Chinese enterprises.
(Xinhua News Agency March 17, 2006)